Improvement in sewing-cases



F. BENKEN D0 R FF.

Sewing-Cases.

Patented Sep tembe'r.16,1 873.

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STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-CASES.

Specification forming part of LettersPatent No.y 142,762, dated September 16, 1873; application filed June 2o, 1813.

`T0 all uhom it map/ .concernv:

DORFF, of Brooklyn, in the countyot' Kings and State ot'New York, have invented a Coin plete Sewing-Case, of which the followingis a specification e Theobject of my invention is to provide a case in .compact and portable form forcentaining thread, needles, thimble, and buttons. vSaid case is made from hard wood or metal, or other suit-able material, about three and onehalt' inches in length andone and one-fourth inch in diameter, the .size being varied at pleasure, and is cylindrical orl nearly. so on the outside, though a slight groovenear one or both ends is desirable to assist'in removing the cap/or cover. At both ends ot'- the case are caps or covers, which may be sliding caps, held in place by slight compressionA or screw(- caps. BX removing one of said caps or covers a space is shown containing areel-or spool with one or more divisions for thread. At the outer end of the reel orspool is a conical slidin'g cap, on which a lthimble may be placed. This cap being removed a space for needles is shown inside` ofthe spool or reel. The cap or Fig. 3 is a sectional vert-ical view of said case. A 1s .one of the caps or covers, here represented as a sliding cap. B is the other cap or cover, here represented as a screw-cap. C is` the spool or reel; D, the thim-blecap; E, the space for needles; F, the space for buttons.

Fig. 4 shows the spool or reel with thinible` cap and .space for needles. Fig. 5 is a sectional vertical view wit-hout the spool,'&c., showing sliding caps at both ends.

I claim as my invention- The sewingcase, hereinbeore described, provided with the'end caps A and B, the button receptacle F, and reel G, havin g a needleholder, E, and thmble-cap D, substantially :is and for the purposes set forth.

FREDERICK BENKENDOBFF. l Witnesses ALBERT A. ABBOTT, DAVID K'SCHUsTER. 

